FAIRPORT CONVENTION Full House 1970 UK ISLAND TEXTURED GATEFOLD NEAR MINT
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FAIRPORT CONVENTION Full House 1970 UK ISLAND TEXTURED GATEFOLD NEAR MINT
FAIRPORT CONVENTIONFull House
1970 UK ISLAND (ILPS 9130) PRESSING
GREAT COPY WHICH HAS SEEN LITTLE USE AND SOUNDS LIKE NEW
MATRIX: ILPS 9130 A-5U / ILPS 9130 B-5U
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/G and 1/A
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE ISLAND PINK LABELS
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL TEXTURED GATEFOLD COVER "Printed and made by the E. J. Day Group, London and Bedford"
COMPLETE WTH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE WITH "MADE IN ENGLAND" AND UK PATENT NUMBER PRINTED IN GREY
Fairport Convention is a group that has always beaten the odds -- that's why a version of the band is still working.
By the time of this, the group's fifth album, key members Ashley Hutchings and Sandy Denny had exited the lineup, yet the group continued here without skipping a beat, for the first time without a female singer -- and it turned out not to make a major difference.
Richard Thompson and Dave Swarbrick took over as singers, and Dave Pegg (more recently of Jethro Tull) joined on bass, and the resulting album was actually more viscerally exciting than its predecessor, Liege and Lief, if not quite as important as that record.
Even vocally, this version of the group needed offer no apologies. Thompson, Swarbrick, Pegg, and Simon Nicol harmonise beautifully around strong lead vocals.
Not only does the singing here retain the high standard of the earlier incarnation of the group (check out the harmony singing on "Sir Patrick Spens" and "Flowers of the Forest"), but the playing throughout has greater urgency and punch, from the rousing Thompson-Swarbrick opener "Walk Awhile" to the haunting, moody, dazzling nine-minute "Sloth," which remained part of the group's live set for years.
An indispensable recording, and one that anybody who wants to truly know this band, or to take in some of the best work of Richard Thompson's career, must own (his playing on "Sloth" and "Doctor of Physick" alone makes it worthwhile). Swarbrick's fiddle and viola playing is also among the best of his career. Ironically, Thompson would make this his last full-time studio venture with Fairport, but what a way to go
Side 1:
Walk Awhile (3:57)
Dirty Linen (4:12)
Sloth (9:13)
Side 2:
Sir Patrick Spens (3:27)
Flatback Caper (6:18)
Doctor Of Physick (3:30)
Flowers Of The Forest (4:00)
LABELS: MINT NEAR
Fresh, bright and unmarked labels with just one/two spindle traces per side
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked surfaces with barely a mark even under bright light
VINYL Audio: MINT
Plays like-new throughout with clean crystal clear sound with nothing of note to fault
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
The outer textured gatefold is good and solid with a little wear to the edges/corners and a couple of marks to the back, nothing major
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINERS, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £20.00 (International Signed For delivery)
DUE TO THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES I WILL ONLY BE POSTING ONCE A WEEK ON FRIDAY
Combined Post: Additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe including Russia) £3 (International)
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856 (GS 7.0.20 (856))
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